Politics Jan 06 WATCH: Jimmy Carter funeral events – 39th president returns to Georgia Carter was celebrated Thursday for his personal humility and public service before, during and after his presidency during a funeral at Washington National Cathedral featuring the kind of pageantry the 39th U.S. president typically eschewed.
Politics Jan 04 WATCH: Funeral service for Jimmy Carter held at Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta Jimmy Carter's extended public farewell began Saturday in Georgia, with the 39th U.S. president’s flag-draped casket tracing his long arc from the Depression-era South and family farming business to the pinnacle of American political power and decades as a global…
Nation Dec 31 Jimmy Carter mourned in his tiny hometown and around the world Tributes to former President Jimmy Carter are pouring in from his small hometown of Plains, Georgia, and around the world.
Politics Dec 22 WATCH: Trump threatens to take back Panama Canal in his first rally speech since the election Donald Trump suggested Sunday that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal that the United States “foolishly” ceded to its Central American ally, contending that shippers are charged “ridiculous” fees to pass through the vital transportation channel.
Politics Dec 08 Trump won't rule out revenge prosecutions, deportation of U.S. citizens when he takes office In an interview with NBC's “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday, Trump suggested once more that some political rivals and federal officials who pursued legal cases against him should be imprisoned. He also said that he does not want to…
Politics Dec 03 Democrats' outgoing chair says Trump's win should force the party to better sell its priorities Harrison acknowledged that Democrats must do a better job of selling the party's priorities and accomplishments for the working class.
Politics Dec 02 Some Democrats are frustrated after Biden pardons his son Hunter The White House on Monday struggled to defend the pardon, claiming the prosecution was politically motivated — a page out of Trump's playbook.
Nation Nov 25 WATCH: Biden grants pardons to two turkeys in annual White House tradition The president welcomed 2,500 guests under sunny skies as he cracked jokes about the fates of "Peach" and "Blossom." He also sounded wistful tones about the last weeks of his presidency.
Politics Nov 24 Trump picks Brooke Rollins as agriculture secretary, completing flurry of Cabinet nominations President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be his agriculture secretary, the last of his picks to lead executive agencies and another choice from within his established circle of advisers and…
Politics Nov 14 Democrats were hammered with misleading attacks on transgender issues. The party is grappling with how to move forward The fallout leaves some progressive and moderate Democrats struggling between the party’s modern identity as a champion of civil rights and its electoral fortunes across swaths of America with whom those attacks resonated.